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#2001038 - 03/11/15 06:45 PM Pharrell and Thicke lose 50% of profits
Pale Rider 10K Club Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 34,318 under the Lone Star	http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/10/blurred-lines-pharrell-robin-thicke-copied-marvin-gaye The arguments go way above my understanding of music genres. The songs don't sound alike nor have the same words. Nevertheless, the jury awarded the amount, which appears to be 50% of the $7 million each has earned from Blurred Lines to date. _________________________ Societies that do not find work in and of itself "pleasing to God and requisite to Man," tend to be highly corrupt.
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#2001063 - 03/11/15 08:16 PM Re: Pharrell and Thicke lose 50% of profits Pale Rider
noelekal 100 Club Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 116 Texas	Wouldn't be the first time, remembering the "My Sweet Lord"/"He's So Fine" suit and it's "unconscious plagiarism" claim of a generation ago. http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/mysweet.htm _________________________ "The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." --George Orwell
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#2001073 - 03/11/15 09:12 PM Re: Pharrell and Thicke lose 50% of profits Pale Rider
DD Regs Power Poster Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,132 Somewhere in the middle	How about Bruno Mars Uptown Funk vs Everyone Walk the Dinosaur. _________________________ I'm only responsible for what I say, not for what you understand.
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#2001077 - 03/11/15 09:22 PM Re: Pharrell and Thicke lose 50% of profits Pale Rider
HappyGilmore 10K Club Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 19,857 Pulling people out of the ditc...	or worse...Vanilla Ice for "ice ice baby" lifted from Queen's "another one bites the dust" or Ray Parker Junior for stealing "ghostbusters" from Huey Lewis's "sports" _________________________ Providing alternative truths since the invention of time
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#2001078 - 03/11/15 09:25 PM Re: Pharrell and Thicke lose 50% of profits Pale Rider
noelekal 100 Club Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 116 Texas	Never heard about the "Ghostbusters" claims. _________________________ "The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." --George Orwell
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#2001133 - 03/12/15 01:04 PM Re: Pharrell and Thicke lose 50% of profits Pale Rider
HappyGilmore 10K Club Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 19,857 Pulling people out of the ditc...	I hope part of the settlement included Thicke could never wear that silly striped suit again, and taking away the hat from Williams... _________________________ Providing alternative truths since the invention of time
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